1. I haven't found this problem with Comcast here in the Little Rock area, but back in New Orleans (I'm a refugee; home uninhabitable) Cox Communications was infamous for this. And not really adult sex stuff, but horror and slasher films. There were commercials for things like "The Ring" and "Saw" coming on their InDemand service during all hours on Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon. A phone call yielded a "we have the right to air locally-oriented commercials where we feel the best buyer target is". So Cox Communications was telling me they were trying to get 8 to 13 year olds to order pay-per-views of things like "Seed of Chucky". Nice.

Posted at 10:39AM on Feb 21st 2006 by Ralph

2. it's not that our children will be in therapy because "someone dropped the ball here". It's that our children are BOMBARDED daily with that kind of adult imagiary!

Move over Janet Nickelodeon's is in town!

Posted at 2:11PM on Feb 21st 2006 by Phaedra D'ambrosio

3. I've seen this happen on Direct TV. It wasn't during a cartoon like fairly odd parents it was during the early morning programming like Dora the explorer and Go Diego go. I've even seen some of the enzyte commercials on during that time. Some accidents like that can happen. Not everything is perfect. Some people need chill out. Eventually, the kids will find out that stuff like that exists. If you're in an uproar about it now. How will you react when it comes time for "the talk"?

Posted at 2:12PM on Feb 21st 2006 by Wynd

4. Let's look at the positive side; Parents were at least paying attention to what their kids were watching, when I was a kid it was the virtual babysitter that kept me out of moms hair.

Posted at 2:22PM on Feb 21st 2006 by Jerry Brown

5. Nickalodeon is known for showing adds aimed at adults (example.. auto sales, sleep medications, male inhancements) during Nick Jr. cartoons during the morning hours when my 4 year old is watching, and I think that it is totally inapropriate. If they think that this is when their target audience is watching, then they are completely mistaken on who that is. They need to do some more research. Thank you for pointing it out to someone.

Posted at 2:24PM on Feb 21st 2006 by Paula

6. The parent who said seeing that would tramatize their child has about as much common sense as the parents who sued McDonalds saying the chain made their child fat. No child has ever been traumatised by seeing scantily clad ppl. I am sure most bathing suits in America cover even less than the lingerie did.

Posted at 2:27PM on Feb 21st 2006 by Diane

7. Well this is America... someone sue... go ahead... it is what we do... figure out some made up damages and sue. Give some lawyers some more money and add on to the cost of media with a big law suit, the will make it back when they raise our rates to cover the law suit.

Posted at 2:30PM on Feb 21st 2006 by sally

8. Oh please! & dunderheads also think a 2 second glimpse of Janet Jackson's breast on TV will traumatize kids for life! Such dummies better keep their kids away from art museums & Nat'l Geographic magazines! & they better hope the math teachers don't teach their kids IMPROPER FRACTIONS! LOL

Posted at 2:30PM on Feb 21st 2006 by Dan

9. It's not about overreacting - it's about the innocence of children. We expect a safe haven at Nickolodeon or Disney Channel. These stations should never air questionable content. Once a child has been exposed to an image, it can't be "taken back". It becomes part of their visual knowledge and it is an assault on their innocence.

Posted at 2:34PM on Feb 21st 2006 by Marilyn

10. This happened in our household not long ago when my 4 youngest children, ages 2, 6, 8, 10, were watching Dora the Explorer at 8am before they had to go to school. A Tyra Banks commercial came on advertising her TV show, and they were talking about achieving orgasm and other such things. I couldn't turn the channel fast enough! I thought maybe it was a mistake the first time, but then it came on again around the same time the next day. I wrote the station, but got no response. I think it's really sad that we can't even trust the stations that are geared toward children to have kid friendly commercials.

Posted at 2:35PM on Feb 21st 2006 by Pam Broderick

11. Accident my foot. It happens far to often for it to be an "accident". Let the kids be kids...don't rush them into societal adulthood before their time...let them be kids...

Posted at 2:38PM on Feb 21st 2006 by Dolly Hughes

12. Lets all remember that it is 2006 and these kids are being exposed to more skin every year. Did your kids watch the Superbowl this year? I bet all those commercials were propper. Do you take your kids to the store in the hot summer? How many girls do you see out during the summer with there skimpy tops and low cut bottoms? It's better that your kids find out about this stuff while you are around then when you are not!

Posted at 2:38PM on Feb 21st 2006 by Ryan

13. I have a mentally ill 14 year old who has also been diagnosed as a sexual devient -- this is the EXACT kind of problems we don't need. I'm sick to death of the media and commercials and ads telling everyone they have to look younger, be thinner (to the point of anorexia) and look sexier to get anywhere in life. No wonder other countries look at us and say "dang those Americans are nuts!"

Posted at 2:39PM on Feb 21st 2006 by Kerri

14. Oh deal it sounds like the kids are damaged for good.. well as i see it as soon as you send your kids to school is ware they get damaged. We used to have only G rateing shows on for are kids and as soon as we sent them off to school well they came home and tought us and it was a Christion school they go to.. If Parents wouldnt make a big deal out of it kids would think much about it, its when the parents just go on and on about the issure... chill parents ..

Posted at 2:39PM on Feb 21st 2006 by Donna

15. A parent may feel justified in his or her outrage when a child is exposed to such stimuli, but I wonder if that same parent would prohibit him or herself from yelling at the child, hitting the child, or engaging in an loud argument with a spouse in front of that same child by citing the ubiquitous rationalization: "That's how I was raised!"

Posted at 2:44PM on Feb 21st 2006 by Eugene Trimboli

16. It is amazing how we base our life fighting about the smallest things in life, so I take it that everyone so appauled by the airing of a commercial has never had their young child accidentally walk in on them when they were taking a shower. Just think of all the mental scarring that has done. I suggest just tossing the t.v. have them read a book but wait, Humpty Dumpty falls off a wall and dies, Jack basically slaughters the Giant with an axe and the Wolf attempts to tear apart the pigs with his teeth. WOW, we better sign up our kids now for their shrink sessions.

Posted at 2:45PM on Feb 21st 2006 by Jen

17. Personally, I think it's humorous, albeit inappropriate. Chances are some of these kids already know what porn is and have seen it in Dad's bathroom, or "Billy brought it to school one day." I was not privy to the airing, but based on the comments from parents who saw the commercial, this doesn't sound like more than they would be seeing if they accidentally walked into Mom and Dad's bedroom one night. Besides, the poor employee who slipped up has probably already lost his or her job for this. Accidents happen, move on. And anyone who thinks his or her child is a complete angel, they're only kidding themselves.

Posted at 2:45PM on Feb 21st 2006 by Andrea

18. This is not the first time Comcast screwed up! They included a commercial for a strip bar in Dearborn, MI during a Detroit Tiger baseball game last year with out the permission of the Detroit Tigers. They only did it once there too. Looks like a good time to switch to dish TV!

Posted at 2:52PM on Feb 21st 2006 by JOHN

19. Yes, these types of commercials are not intended for the young viewer but consider the amount of adult views that are watching the "boob tube" with thier kids. If you look at it that way the stations are hitting the right target group. I feel that if you all don't want these types of commercials seen by your kids then turn the T.V. off and read them a book.

Posted at 2:54PM on Feb 21st 2006 by carl

20. I think parents are trying to fight too many battles here. If we do a good job explaing to our kids and teaching them about these "adult" things in age appropriate ways then we shouldn't have much to worry about. I have a 5 year old and maybe that "sey" commercial that comes on could be used as an oppurtunity to have an important discussion with our kids. My parents never gave me the talk. Maybe had the commercial came on I would have turned to my parents and said "Whats that?" and they could have answered me. Try to use the mistakes of society as oppurtunities to tell our kids the truth.

Posted at 2:55PM on Feb 21st 2006 by Cyndi H.